Children Of William Fly and Mary (mnu) Fly

Elisha was probably
William’s oldest son, born about 1769 or before, since he did appear in
the 1790 Census for Northampton County,
North
Carolina.
His household consisted of: Elisha Fly, one white male under 16, two
white females, and a slave.We cannot know the identity of the
young male and the white females, but the presence of a slave is unusual
in the household of a relatively young Fly male.He may have acquired the slave
through marriage.
[Read More]

According to his
tombstone, John Fly was born in 1772.His father was William Fly, but
his mother’s identity is a mystery.
She may have been an Indian from one of the tribes in the
Northampton Co. area. The
claim that the Flys were Indian or at least part Indian has been passed
down among this John and his brothers, Elisha, Jr. and Jeremiah Fly.